Naticarius hebraeus

Naticarius hebraeus
Live individual in situ
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Naticarius
Species: N. hebraeus
Binomial name
Naticarius hebraeus
Martyn, 1784
Synonyms[1]
  • Cochlis fanel Röding, 1798
  • Nacca maxima Risso, 1826
  • Natica adspersa Menke, 1830
  • Natica fanel (Röding, 1798)
  • Natica hebraea (Martyn, 1786)
  • Natica hebraea var. rarimaculata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Natica maculata von Salis, 1793
  • Naticarius cruentatus (Gmelin, 1791) sensu Poppe & Goto, 1991 (misidentification)
  • Naticarius fanel (Röding, 1798)
  • Nerita hebraea Martyn, 1786 (original combination)
  • Nerita maculata Salis Marschlins, 1793

Naticarius hebraeus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

Five views of a shell of Naticarius hebraeus

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Naticarius hebraeus (Martyn, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720569 on 2015-02-02

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